Prue Leith

Dame Prudence Margaret Leith, (born 18 February 1940) is a South African and British restaurateur, broadcaster, cookery writer, novelist, chef, and former university administrator. Leith was a judge on BBC Two's Great British Menu for eleven years, from 2005-16. She left it to join The Great British Bake Off in March 2017, replacing Mary Berry as a judge, when the television programme moved to Channel 4. She remained a judge until 2025. She was Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh from 2016 to 2024.

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